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Morphological Variation of Geographical Populations of Asian Locusta migratoria in Some Ecological Areas in Xinjiang
Zumina, Yasen·shali, Aziguli Abulizi, XU Guang-qing, Gulizire Maihemuti, TU Xiong-bing
2018, 55(5):
888-900.
DOI: 10.6048/j.issn.1001-4330.2018.05.013
【Objective】 To explore the geographic variation of scattered type of Locusta migratoria L populations in some ecological areas in the hope of providing a theoretical basis for the study of the relationship between locust morphological characteristics and ecological adaptability.【Method】 By using numerical classification method, the ten traits of experimental populations of Fuyun County, Toksun County, Habahe County and the geographical populations of the scattered Locusta migratoria L in Manasi County, Hexud County and Miaoergou ecological area of the thirteenth Agricultural Production Division of Hami City, such as the length of body, the elytron length, the pronotum length, the width and the height of the pronotum, the posterior femur length, the tibia length, width and height of the head, and fastigium were measured and analyzed. After that, systematic clustering and principal component analyses of the common geographical differences between female and male adults were conducted.【Result】 There were significant differences between different geographic populations of Locusta migratoria L male and female adults in terms of the elytron length, the width and the height of the pronotum and fastigium, etc. However, among different geographic populations of male and female adult Locusta migratoria L., elytron length, pronotum length, pronotum height characters had obvious difference. There was a phenomenon of mutual promotion and common variation among the characters. In the result of cluster analysis, 6 geographical populations were divided into two groups. The geographical population of Fuyun County, Habahe County and Hexud County belonged to one group, and the other one in Manasi County, Miaoergou ecological area of Huangtian in Hami and Toksun County was in an another group. The principal component results showed that the geographical populations of the continental arid climate in warm temperate zone in Toksun County and the middle warm temperate zone desert climate in Hexud County were separately distributed, while the geographical population of the continental cold temperate zone in Fuyun County was distributed together with the experimental population of the continental north temperate zone of the Habahe County. The geographical population of Manas County, which belonged to the temperate continental arid climate, was distributed together with the geographical population of Huangtian Miaoergou in Hami City.【Conclusion】 There are obvious morphological variations between experimental populations of Fuyun County, Toksun County, Habahe County and the geographical populations of the scattered Locusta migratoria L in Manasi County, Hexud County and Miaoergou ecological area of the thirteenth Agricultural Production Division of Hami City, Xinjiang, however, it is not clear whether the morphological variation is related to ecological environmental factors.
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